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2007-05-26 20:47:01 · 5 answers · asked by Ivan 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I'm actually talking about totally sightless people. People that are completely blind.
2007-05-26 21:30:07 · update #1
Yes, blind people do dream. What they see in their dreams depends on how much they could ever see. If someone has been totally blind since birth, they only have auditory dreams.
2007-05-26 20:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kimmie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no...dreams are something the unconscious mind fashions to communicate something to the preconscious (subconscious) mind or occasionally something that can be applied at the conscious level...you and I might not "see" what is really going on in a dream because it isn't "really" going on...a blind person would have the same symbols but, since these symbols don't depict reality, what the blind person "sees" is a symbol not a reversal of blindness...there are many ways to "see"...a person who gets sight restored (say, surgically) would likely be surprised at the way things "really" appear...
by the way, you remember the story of Helen Keller where the deaf-dumb-and-blind girl who learned sign language was taught about God and the answer came back, I already know about who He is...
I really appreciate you're tackling this issue...take what you like and leave the rest...think of yourself as a potential mentor for a sightless person...and keep in mind that "legally blind" can be very cloudy or blurry and not totally sightless...
2007-05-27 04:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by TrekNext 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In your dreams, do you experience all the smells that a dog can smell? No? Why? Because it isn't within your experience. We generally dream things that are within our experience. So, a totally blind person (which is rare, often they have some sense of light and dark) wouldn't have visual dreams, but they would dream.
2007-05-27 04:39:23 · answer #3 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even blind people have dreams.
Not that I can personally testify.
Dreams are conscience or sub-conscience thoughts and a blind person should be able the think!
Maybe they simply would have more auditory dreams.
Go Figure!
2007-05-27 04:01:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha! this is a tough one..mmmm. i really dont know. i mean, they don't know how our surroundings look like so what are they going to see in their dreams? =)
2007-05-27 03:55:03 · answer #5 · answered by ennaid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋